# Fund Allocation Layer & Tools

This layer distributes resources or economic value to members of the community or ecosystem to encourage further value creation.\
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\&#xNAN;*NOTE:* *Most DAOs are employing traditional, time-boxed voting mechanisms that require majoritarian voting, where group consensus is needed on every proposal. Iterating on the first implementation in* [*1Hive.org*](https://1hive.org/)*, the Token Engineering Commons is employing a new mechanism called* [*Conviction Voting*](https://twitter.com/commonsstack/status/1309211776425365510) *as its main tool for proposal funding. Although at the moment it is purely token-weighted, the community is looking at future modifications to decentralize further, including quadratic measures or allowing for vote delegation/*[*Liquid Democracy*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy)*.*


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